"M.I.5¾" <no.one@no.where.NO_SPAM.co.uk> wrote in message
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> "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com> wrote in message
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>> "Jeff" <it_consultant1********.com.NOSPAM> wrote in message
>> news:O6TJyL8CIHA.4360@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> Hey
>>>
>>> I have a winXP machine at home and also a winXP machine at work. I've
>>> heard I can access the machine at work from my home computer using VPN.
>>> For accessing the work computer I need to use 2 IP addresses. The public
>>> IP address of the company and the IP address of my computer at work...
>>>
>>> What program do I use to access my computer? Is it Remote Desktop? If so
>>> how do I set those 2 IP addresses in the Remote Desktop program?
>>>
>>> Jeff
>>
>> Yes, you can use Remote Desktop to access your office PC
>> from home, but only if your office PC runs Windows XP
>> Professional.
>>
>
> Erm, isn't it the other way around? XP Home can receive remote access
> requests but cannot initiate them.
>

Nope. Any Windows machine can run mstsc.exe (the "Remote Desktop
Client"), even a Win9x machine. However, it takes at least a WinXP
Professional machine to act as a Remote Desktop host. Give it a try!